Mattress handles



Nov. 15, 1966 c.s.sP1NNEY MATTRESS HANDLES Filed Dec. 5, 1965 N P'M. amJT United States Patent C 3,285,404 MATTRESS HANDLES Clayton S. Spinney,Greenland, N.H., assignor to The Morley Company, Portsmouth, N.H., acorporation of Maine Filed Dec. 5, 1963, Ser. No. 328,253 1 Claim. (Cl.20G-56) This invention relates to mattress handles of the type disclosedin the patents to Bechiik 2,355,200 (Re. 23,500) and Poupitch 2,876,465which comprise a ilat plastic strap with enlarged ends and lmeans forattaching the ends to a strip of mattress covering material. Moreparticularly it relates to handles adapted to be attached to such stripsby machines such as disclosed in my Patent 3,064,264.

Objects of the invention are to produce the handles in sets which can bemanufactured more conveniently, which can be handled more expeditiouslyand which can be applied more expeditiously by the aforesaid machine.

This invention involves a set of mattress handles comprising a pluralityof parallel straps having their opposite sides in parallel planes andhaving spaces between their opposed edges, with necks bridging saidspaces to hold the straps in parallelism, the necks being disposedbetween said planes land being severable to separate the handles fromeach other. Preferably the straps have enlarged ends and the necksinterconnect said ends. In the preferred embodiment the straps and neckscomprise a unitary piece of plastic material.

For the purpose of illustration a typical embodiment of the invention isshown in the accompanying drawings in which FIG. 1 is a plan View of aset of mattress handles;

FIG. 2 is an end view of the set;

FIG. 3 is a plan View of the lower part of a mold for making the sets ofhandles; and

FIG. 4 is a section of the complete mold taken on the line 4--4 of FIG.3.

T-he particular embodiment of the invention chosen for the purpose ofillustration comprises a set of mattress handles, each handle comprisinga strap 1 and enlarged 3,285,404 Patented Nov. 15, 1966 rice ends 2 asdisclosed in the aforesaid patent. According to this invention theenlarged ends 2 are interconnected by necks 3 to hold handles in spacedrelationship so that the handles can be separated easily. While each setmay comprise any desired number of handles, a convenient number istwelve. Each set, including the necks 3, are preferably formed in aunitary piece of plastic material in a mold such as shown in FIGS. 3 and4 comprising upper and lower parts 4 and 6 having opposed recesses 7 toform the straps and recesses 8 to form the ends 2, with an inlet 9through which the plastic material may be injected.

When formed according to this invention the handles may be -fed to apress such as shown in the aforesaid patent in groups instead of beinghandled separately. When the press descends to attach a handle it mayeither break or cut the necks joining the foremost handle to the nexthandle of the set. Preferably each neck is severed at both ends so thatno parts of the necks remain on the handles after they are attached.

It should be understood that the present disclosure is for the purposeof illustration only and that this invention includes all modificationsand equivalents which fall within the scope of the appended claim.

I cla-im:

A set of lmattress handles comprising a plurality of parallel strapshaving their opposite sides in parallel planes and having spaces betweentheir opposed edges, each strap having enlarged ends for -attachment tomattresses and an intermediate hand-grip section of lesser width, andseverable necks bridging said spaces between said planes, said necksbeing disposed between said enlarged ends so as not to project from thehand-grip section when severed.

